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Lydia Nikolaevna Délectorskaya (23 June 1910, Tomsk - 16 March 1998, Paris) was a Russian refugee and model best known for her collaboration with Henri Matisse from 1932 onwards. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early life
Matisse depicts his model and companion of many years, Lydia Delectorskaya, in an exotic Moroccan clothing, surrounded by a complex of abstract design and exotic color. [1] This is an example of one of the final groups of oil paintings in Matisse's career, in 1950 he stopped painting oil paintings in favor of creating paper cutouts.
La Blouse Roumaine is an oil-on-canvas painting by Henri Matisse from 1940. Measuring 92 × 73 cm, the painting is currently held at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris. It depicts a woman in a blue skirt and a white embroidered blouse.
Matisse's wife Amélie, who suspected that he was having an affair with her young Russian emigre companion, Lydia Delectorskaya, ended their 41-year marriage in July 1939, dividing their possessions equally between them. Delectorskaya attempted suicide by shooting herself in the chest; remarkably, she survived with no serious after-effects, and ...
Young Woman in White on a Red Background (French: Jeune femme en blanc, fond rouge) is an oil on canvas painting by Henri Matisse, from c. 1946. It is held in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Purple Robe and Anemones (French: Robe violette et Anémones) is a 1937 painting by Henri Matisse [1] featuring a woman wearing a purple robe sitting next to a vase of anemones. The painting is among those purchased by art collector and socialite Etta Cone [2] and is part of the Cone Collection at Baltimore Museum of Art. [3]
Albert Barnes became one of Matisse's most important patrons. In addition to a commissioned mural in 1932 Dance II, 1932 Barnes acquired many paintings and drawings by Matisse. Pierre Matisse, who was Matisse's son living in New York City, was instrumental in facilitating Barnes in purchasing works from his father. During the early-to-mid-1940s ...
Woman with a Hat (French: La femme au chapeau) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Henri Matisse.It depicts Matisse's wife, Amélie Matisse. [1] It was painted in 1905 and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne during the autumn of the same year, along with works by André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck and several other artists later known as "Fauves".